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In the actual Shuttle coordinates, a +Z translation is downwards, and a +X translation is forward.
Are you manually entering orbit or allowing the Shuttle Fleet autopilot to fly the ascent? The reason I ask is that the separation burn at ET sep should put you well above the tank so that by OMS2 the tank is below and in front of you.
Hello David, thanks for chiming in. Well, I'll let the autopilot do all the work of the ascent. The only thing I did is to fire translational RCS thrusters "downwards" during the programmed ET sep burn of your autopilot, to counter the upwards RCS thrust, only because I have the impression that the ET sep burn in the real world has a lot lower delta-V than your AP performs? Please excuse me, if I am totally wrong with that observation.
Maybe I should increase the delta-V on my +X burn to prevent the situation described above?